Ahead of the fight it had been called a win or bust bout for the St Helens fighter, however, the manner of his defeat, whereby he matched Abraham for long periods of the fight and was actually given the verdict by one judge, suggests Murray still has a future at world level.

Abraham once again showed that he is a cagey fighter with an uncanny knack of slipping his opponents punches and doing enough to sneak the rounds. Murray was never in trouble against the champion and on one occasion caught Abraham with a punch that shook him to his boots, sadly Murray didn?t follow up with any significant blows to finish his man off.

Murray was deducted a point, for persistent use of the shoulder, late on and that point lost was probably the final straw for the British fighter.